Shirt board



' SHIRT BOARD I 1 Filed Aug. 22, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet .l

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L. D. BQECHT v 2,004;3 62

Patented June 11, 1935 I 1 h l i 2,ooi,tt2- i IBI OA D Louis D. Bccht, st. Louis, Mo." Application August 22, 1932, Serial No. 629,811 5 Claims. (01, 223 -183 v p This invention relates to means to preserve the Fig. 6 is a si-deelevation of the shirt board appearance of freshly ironed shirts by preventing with collar form: detached. same from becoming wrinkled,and, has particular Fig. '7 is a detail of i the detached collar form. reference to shirt boards employed in laundries. Fig. 8=isa plan view of ashirt board without 5 The object of my present invention is the pro- .a collarform attachment. 5 vision of a shirt board whichis a distinct and i a In carrying-out the aim of my invention, I empractical improvement toovercome certain prac ploya sheet .of suitable resiliently flexible paper tical objections to, and defects in,-the present board designated generally, as A, andwhich is types of .shirt boardsnow usedlbylaundries to be illustrated as rectangular in form, butwhich may 10 disposed between the folds of newly ironed shirts deviate from this form without departing from 10 to prevent them from being wrinkled in delivery the invention. a a 1 to the customer. I j i The sheet, orboard A is slit near one end there- A further object of the, inventionis the provie of as at yl,.yl, which divides the sheet into a sion of a shirt board, which eliminatesthe necesshirt board B. and an attached collar form C sity of using paper bands and .pins. to" holdja which is thesamewidth asthe board.kThe slits 15 laundered shirt in its folded position. are'transverse. of the boardand do not extend A stillfurtherobjectofthe invention is the quite to-thelongi udinal'medial l ne t er t u provision of a shirt board having a, collar form provid g a Connecting Strip .Whichunitesthe as a detachable part thereof. shirt board B'with the collar form .C. Thus,it A tm further j t of t e ti n i th will be observed, that the collar form C is always 20 provision of a paper shirt board having hold down a nt al pa t f t esh rt' a d, wh ch can b fingers, or shirt grippers formed thereon, by? a. readily detached from the shirt board B when it. cutting die, to grip the shoulder portions ofshirts, is desired to use the-same. and. also. an arm formed .thereonydesigned to 1 p u alityof isuitable hold down or shirt engage a. transverse fold of the shirt at, the S d pp 3 rm d ear one end of 25 overlapped front buttoned portion thereof t the shirt boardB, and near the side edges thereof further prevent slipping of the shirt uponthe by slittingthe pape hoard, t 4.. The slits board, l I shown,l are V-shaped-and areformed with suit- A still further object of the invention is the able ut dies. es ape of t ippers 3 3O provision ofa shirt board which'possesses advanmay he ofxany other Suitable design, y t ve tages in points 'of simplicityandefiiciency; and, the Pu p e n ended, as is manifest. The g at the same time proves itself. comparatively in-,- P rsian-formed l ng ll a l t board Bi e expensive in c t of manufacture h M jacent the, corners thereof. nearest the, collar With the above andother objects'in view, the l a l invention consistsin thenovel features of,cons e a e member 51s also formed n 35 struction, arrangement and combinationof parts the sameendof the shut hoard B that the griphereinafter more fully described and finally pers 3are formed, by slitting the board, as at 6. pointed out in the claims hereto appended, The arm 5 is provided at its free end with a lat- Referrin t the accompanying drawing-s f erally directed extension 1, thus the arm 5 serves 4O ing'a part of this specification, wherein like chari h ca a o h i member, 40

acters of reference denote similar parts throughas W be apparent hereinafter- The 5 is t the several views; l articulated to the board between the grippers 3.

Fig. 1 is a front view of a folded shirt "applied Theboa'rd B is applied to the shirt in the to my improved shirt board and showing the lowmg mannercollar form detached therefrom and positioned when the ironedshirt is flat and d d:

Within the Shirt 0011M; the board 13 is positioned on theback of. the Fig. 2 is a rear view of a folded shirt mounted Shirt opposite the bosom and collar portions and secured m improved Shirt beam thereof. Next, the side portions of theshirt 3 is a plan View of a Shirt board embodying l body and the sleeves are then folded over the t features of my invention shirt boardin the same manner that shirtsare 50 Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, 0 folded over the present Style Of p ai Sh rt taken through one of the shirt hold down fingers, board, following this p o the r e ds or grippers. a i of the grippers 3 are sprung out of a plane with Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken the shirt board B and the edges of the shoulder throughthe anti-slipping arm. v portions D of the shirt are inserted between the 55 I grippers 3 and the shirt board B. The tension of the grippers 3 is sufiicient to prevent accidental slipping of the shirt longitudinally on the board and positively prevents slipping of the shirt in one direction on the board B. The body of the shirt is then folded over one end of the board, as at E and the tail of the shirt is folded under to provide the fold edge F. The arm 5 is next sprung out of a plane with the shirt board B and the lateral extension 1 thereof is slipped into the space between the overlapped bottom portion G of the shirt so that the inclined edge portion 8 of the lateral extension 1 of the arm 5 will engage the front of the shirt at the fold edge P, which prevents the shirt from slipping longitudinally in the opposite direction on the shirt board.

It will be thus observed, that the grippers 3 prevent the folded shirt from slipping inrone direction longitudinally of the shirt board, and that the arm 5 and lateral extension. 1 thereof prevents the folded shirt from slipping in the opposite direction longitudinally on the shirt board, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Either before, or after folding a newly ironed shirt on the shirt board B, the operator detaches the collar form C from the board B, by tearing it therefrom and inserts it into the neck opening formed by the collar I of the shirt, and as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

By securing a folded shirt to a. shirt board, as herein described, it is evident, that I eliminate the use of pins, now commonly used by laundry workers for pinning the folded over sleeve sections of the shirt, and I also eliminate the use of the usual paper band for holding the foldedbody and tail portions of the shirt against displacement on the shirt board. i

I not only eliminate the use and cost of the pins andbands, but I also eliminatethe work and time of the girls in pinning the shirts and applying the bands to the shirts.

By the use of my improved shirt board and collar form, it is evident that the elements necessary for attaching a shirt to a shirt board are integral and formed initially in a single unit, thus avoiding the necessity of one having to reach for separated parts in order to carry out the operation of folding a shirt on a shirt board;

Where the boards are to be used'for shirts having detachable collars, the shirt board B can be made, if desired, without the collar form C as a part thereof, thus saving the extra length of material that would be necessary Where the collar form is a detachable part of the shirt board B.

The many advantages of the herein described invention will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

[From the foregoing description, it is evident that a simple device for this purpose has been disclosed, but it is to be understood that I do not desire to restrict, or limit myself to the very details of the construction shown and described, which is merely illustrative, it being obvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made without conflicting or departing from the spirit of the invention within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A shirt board comprising a sheet of resiliently flexible paper stock around three edges of which a shirt is folded, flexible means integral with and longitudinally of the board for gripping the folded shoulder portions of the shirt and flexible hook shaped means integral with the board intermediate the first means for engaging a folded portion of the body of the shirt.

2. In combination with a shirt board made from paper board stock having a pair of spaced grippers near one end thereof, of a gripper articulated to the board between said pair of spaced grippers and a lateral shirt fold engaging projection on the free end of said gripper.

3. Means for preserving a newly ironed folded shirt in proper condition, comprising a rectangular board around three edges of which the shirt is folded, said board having opposed spaced grippers disposed within the bounds of the board for gripping the folded shoulder portions of the shirt and a notched member integral with and articulated to the board intermediate the shoulder grippers for engagement with a transverse fold of the tail portion of the shirt to prevent slipping of the shirt on the board in an opposite direction.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a flat rectangular paper board around three edges of which a shirt is folded, spaced grippers as integral parts of the board and disposed within the bounds of the board and longitudinally thereof for gripping the shoulder portions of the shirt to prevent slipping of the shirt longitudinally in one direction on the board, a member integral with and articulated to the board intermediate the shoulder grippers, and a lateral projection on the free end of said member for'engaging a transverse fold of the tail portion of the shirt to prevent slipping of the shirt in an opposite direction on the board.

5; As a new article of manufacture, a rectangular board of paper stock, a rectangular tab articulated to one end of the board and formed by slitting the board transversely from the side edges thereof, a pair of tabs articulated to the board adjacent two corners thereof and formed by slitting the board, an elongated tab articulated to the board and formed by slitting the board, and a lateral projection on the free end of the elongated tab.

LOUIS D. BECHT. 

